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Re: 67's 2010 Climber

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard View Post
The 15 points for the hang feels to me to be weighted about the same as the hang was in 2010 in comparison to the rest of the game.
My memory could be incorrect, but wasn't the hang worth the same as one scored soccer ball?

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard View Post
So the systems involved were essentially: something to extend the climber, something to release the gas springs, and a way to crank it all back in safely.

Am I missing something?
I think that's the gist of it.

Our climber was the most Rube Goldberg machine we've ever built. The only electronic component of our hanger was a single servo to deploy the hook. Once the hook arm started swinging, the rest was a mechanical process. The swinging hook arm pulled a bike cable that turned the trunk latch that released the gas strut rope winch.